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* Usually, I post a video at the end of the week when comments are turned off. But we’re gonna do something a little different today. I didn’t post many of Lou Reed’s “hits” earlier this week, and that may have disappointed some folks. So let’s start with the Velvet Underground’s “Rock & Roll”…

Jenny said when she was just about five years old
You know my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
But you know, ain’t gonna help me at all

* “Sweet Jane”…

And there’s even some evil mothers
Well they’re gonna tell you that everything is just dirt

* “Perfect Day”…

I thought I was
someone else, someone good

* And, of course…

Plucked her eyebrows on the way

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:06 am

Comments

Rock & Roll is my favorite Lou Reed song, even better than the Sweet Jane version with the great guitar introduction.

Comment by James the Intolerant Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:09 am
I always correlate “Perfect Day” with Trainspotting, but it is such a beautiful song that I could listen to on repeat for a long time.

Comment by Pleading the Fifth Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:23 am
“Vicious, You hit me with a flower, you do it every hour, oh baby you’re so vicious.”

Love that song.

Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:42 am
Go see “Berlin” right now. Terriffic movie… terribly depressing album… Somehow, it just worked.

Comment by Lobo Y Olla Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:38 am
Never will forget hearing “Loaded” for the first time in the fall of 1984 when I was a freshman in college - someone gave it to me to listen to because they said “Oh, Sweet Nuthin” sounded like the Dead. The album was and is amazing. It is timeless in the sense that if you played it for someone and told them it was written and recorded yesterday that they would believe it.

Allright, allright
And it was allright
Oh, you listen to me now
And it was allright
C’mon now
Little better
Little bit
It was allright
It was allright

Comment by paddyrollingstone Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:29 am
‘There are even some evil mothers they’re going to tell you that everything is just dirt’

Loaded is probably my favorite album from before I was born. While it’s VU’s most mainstream, it really taught me to not believe the best music is on the radio.

Comment by late to the party Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:46 am
All are great Lou choices but in terms of Springfield relevance, I’d pick Halloween Parade. So many died without marriage rights. Needs to stop now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQrgSpKHFOs

Comment by Liz Brown Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 12:07 pm
If I had any question as to the depth and breadth of Lou Reed’s influence, a FB post from the Bottle Rockets’ Brian Henneman about the influence of “Sweet Jane” on their song “Kerosene” dispelled all doubts.

Masterpiece begets masterpiece.

– MrJM

And as long as we’re the topic of life-changing music, Bloodshot is re-issuing long-out-of-print first two albums from the Bottle Rockets — re-mastered and with scads of unreleased bonus tracks: http://goo.gl/F9fYGl

Comment by MrJM Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 12:20 pm
Live “Vicious” on the extended album is great. We used to play that in our locker room to fire up the Moline High School swimming team before heading out to the pool to do battle

Comment by Porter McNeil Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 2:55 pm